Clymer Weir Cox Genealogy » Philip Ferree (PA) Lefevre (1710-1761)

Personal data Philip Ferree (PA) Lefevre 

• He was born on March 16, 1710 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York.
• Profession: in Gunsmith and Blacksmith and made guns used in the Rev. War.
• He died in the year 1761 in West Lampeter, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, he was 50 years old.
• A child of ISAAC (NY 1708) LEFEVRE and CATHERINE (NY 1708) FERREE
• This information was last updated on June 30, 2023.

Household of Philip Ferree (PA) Lefevre

He is married to Maria Catharina Miller Herr.

They got married.

Child(ren):

1. Catherin Herr Lefevre  ± 1732-???? 
2. George Herr LeFevre  1739-1820 
3. Adam Herr LeFevre  1745-1814 
4. Esther Herr LeFevre  1747-????

Notes about Philip Ferree (PA) Lefevre

Philip G LeFevre
Birth: 16 Mar 1710 New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, USA
Death: Sep 1761 (aged 51) Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial: Philip LeFevre Burying Ground, West Lampeter, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Memorial #: 97068837
Bio: Philips's tract lay about five miles west of Abraham's home and about four miles south of Lancaster, in what is now West Lampeter Twp. In the "Biographical Annals of Lancaster County," published in 1903, it is said (p.337) that Philip LeFevre, the son of *Isaac, received by deed his large property in West Lampeter Twp. The consideration being "natural love and affection." Besides various tools and farming implements, he made smooth-bore guns that were used in the Revolutionary War.

The PHILIP LEFEVER Burying Ground:
The Reverend Mr. William F. Worner went about Lancaster County copying all the old grave markers he could find, which he recorded as librarian of the Lancaster County Historical Society. He wrote, "The Lefever graveyard, approximately 50 by 100 feet, was originally on the farm of Christian Lefever [10-098] now owned by Furry H. Frey in West Lampeter Township. The graveyard, if an almost impenetrable blackberry thicket may be referred to as a graveyard, is about two hundred feet from Gypsy Hill Road that leads from Lancaster to Route No. 222. The graveyard is about three hundred yards north-east of the "Big Spring," which has long been a landmark in Lancaster County. On July 13, 1935, we paid our first visit to the blackberry patch and copied as many of the inscriptions as we could under the most scratching conditions. Doubtless we missed some of the tombstones; if we did, it could not be avoided for it was almost impossible thoroughly to penetrate the jungle. We counted 20 headstones, 10 foot stones, and a number of field stones." We wonder how many more graves could be there.

Circa 1985, a Lefever descendant wrote to Franklin D. Lefever, publisher of THE PENNSYLVANIA LEFEVRES, about this old cemetery. Franklin investigated, had a difficult time finding it, and when he finally located it in the thicket, most of the markers had been tramped down into the soft earth by cattle who used that cool shady area as a standing place. Painstakingly he cleared it, set up the markers he could find, and wired together many of the broken remaining markers. It took him more than a week! Then the farmer fenced the cemetery to keep the cattle away. In 1995, Franklin succeeded in finding a Lefever descendant who was willing to keep the cemetery grass mowed.

Of these remaining records the earliest burial here recorded was for Peter Eckman who died 9/1/1799. However, this was always known as the Philip Lefever (7-002) Cemetery, and it would be natural to believe he (who died September 1766) and his wife Maria (Herr) Lefever who died 6/6/1786 were buried here, but *markers no longer exist*. So Philip may have been the first to have been buried here in 1766, and his wife some twenty years later.

The latest burial according to these records was for Elizabeth Smeltz, likely the mother of Elizabeth Smeltz Gall Lefever, the second wife of Henry Lefever 9-029. She died 12/6/1841.

Paul S. Lefever, 1996
(pennsylvanialefevres.org)

His parents were *Isaac LeFevre and Catharine Ferree of Lancaster Co, PA.

Philip's grandfather, Abraham LeFevre, was born near Strasburg, France in 1632. He and his family being Huguenots (French Protestants) were killed after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, October 18, 1685, EXCEPT for his third son, *Isaac, then a boy of 16, who escaped to Bavaria and later came to America.
Gravesite Details He was buried in the Philip LeFevre Burying Ground; about 300 hundred yards north-east of the 'Big Spring' (Rt 222 at Gypsy Hill Rd) in Lancaster Co - tombstone no longer exists
Family Members
Parents
Isaac LeFevre 1669-1751
Catherine Ferree LeFevre 1678-1749
Spouse
Maria Catherina Herr LeFevre 1714-1788
Siblings
Abraham LeFevre 1706-1735
Daniel LeFevre 1713-1781
Esther Ferree Lefevre Harman 1717-1751
Half Siblings
Samuel LeFevre 1719-1789
Children
George LeFevre 1739-1820
Adam Herr LeFevre 1745-1814
Jacob Lefever 1753-1827
Created by: Sue McDuffe:) (47122067)
Added: 14 Sep 2012
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97068837/lefevre
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/97068837/philip-g-lefevre : accessed 03 July 2021), memorial page for Philip G LeFevre (16 Mar 1710œSep 1761), Find a Grave Memorial ID 97068837, citing Philip LeFevre Burying Ground, West Lampeter, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Sue McDuffe:) (contributor 47122067) .

PhilipG.LeFevre
Born16 Mar 1711inEsopus, Ulster, New York
ANCESTORS
SonofIsaac LeFevreandKatherine (Ferree) LeFevre
Brother ofAbraham LeFevre,Daniel LeFevre,Mary LeFevre,Esther (LeFevre) HarmonandSamuel LeFevre
Husband ofMaria Catherina (Herr) LeFevre– married [date unknown] [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS
Father ofGeorge Lefever,Adam LeFevreandJacob LeFevre
DiedSep 1761inLancaster, Pennsylvania
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Contents
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•1Biography
•1.1Birth
•1.2Baptism
•1.3Occupation
•1.4Marriage
•1.5Death
•1.6Burial
•2Sources
•2.1Footnotes
•2.2Acknowledgments
•3Biography
Biography

Philip LeFevre was a son of a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).
"Philips's tract lay about five miles west of Abraham's home and about four miles south of Lancaster, in what is now West Lampeter Township. In theBiographical Annals of Lancaster County, published in 1903, it is said (p.337) that Philip LeFevre, the son of Isaac, received by deed his large property in West Lampeter Twp. The consideration being "natural love and affection." Besides various tools and farming implements, he made smooth-bore guns that were used in the Revolutionary War."[1]
"Philip's grandfather, Abraham LeFevre, was born near Strasburg, France in 1632. He and his family being Huguenots (French Protestants) were killed after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, October 18, 1685, EXCEPT for his third son, Isaac, then a boy of 16, who escaped to Bavaria and later came to America."[2]
Birth
16 MAR 1711
Esopus, Ulster, New York, USA[3]
or
New Paltz, Ulster, New York, USA[4]
Baptism
01 APR 1711 Dutch Reformed Church, officiated by Domine Petrus Vas/Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA[5]
Occupation
Blacksmith, gunsmith, tanner[6]
Marriage
For an explanation on Philip's likely marriage to Maria Herr,click here
Death
SEP 1761
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
or
1766[7]
Burial
Philip LeFevre Burying Ground
West Lampeter
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania, USA
Philip is buried in the Philip LeFevre Burying Ground; about 300 hundred yards north-east of the 'Big Spring' (Rt 222 at Gypsy Hill Rd) in Lancaster Co - tombstone no longer exists[8]
Link to thePhilip LeFevre Find A Grave Memorial #97068837including more on the Biography of Philip LeFevre

Sources
•"Early LeFevre Church Connections," Lefever, Paul S., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1993;
•"Notes on the LeFevre Church Records,"http://www.pennsylvanialefevres.org/studies/ELCC/Records.html
•http://www.pennsylvanialefevres.org
•"The Ferree Family -- The First Five Generations in America," Heisterkamp, Charles III, M.D., 2007
•www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 97068837
Footnotes
1.?Find A Grave
2.?www.pennsylvanialefevres.org
3.?Heisterkamp, p. 6
4.?Paul S. Lefever p 4
5.?Paul S. Lefever, p. 4
6.?Paul S. Lefever, p. 11
7.?Paul S. Lefever p. 11
8.?Find A Grave
Acknowledgments
•Thanks toErica Yarbroughfor starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Erica and others.

Biography
prior merged info: birth 16 Mar 1710 Kingston, NY death 1 Sept 1766
Philip was born in 1710. Philip LeFevre ... He passed away in 1766.[9]
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